Borg and Miss Evert Advance in Rome

ROME, May 27 (AP)—The defending champions, Bjorn Borg of Sweden and Chris Evert of the United States, cruised to easy victories in the $120,000 Italian open tennis championships today.

Miss Evert crushed Rosalba Vido of Italy, 6‐0, 6‐2, and moved into the third round of the women's singles. Borg beat Belus Prajoux of Chile, 6‐2, 6‐4, in the first round. Scores of youths jammed the central court at the Foro Italico to, cheer the Swede, who has become a favorite here.

Guillermo Vilas had to recover to beat Nicola Spear of Yugoslavia, 4–6, 6‐4, 6‐3. The second‐seeded Argentine worried more about his wildness than his opponent's shots.

Miss Evert's younger sister, Jeanne, seeded eighth, also had little trouble with a fellow American, Donna Ganz, winning by 6‐4, 6‐2. If the sisters win their thirdround matches, they will meet in the round of eight.

ROME, May 27 (Reuters) Nastase said today that only a direct order from the Rumanian President would make him change his mind about not playing at Wimbledon this year. He first said he would not play when he was disqualified from the recent British clay championships at Bournemouth by the referee, Mike Gibson, for his behavior. Gibson is also the Wimbledon referee.

“If Gibson is there, I am not playing,” he said.

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